2. Adjective. (obsolete) Brought together, convened. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Convented
1. convent [v] - See also: convent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convented
Literary usage of Convented
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630-1649 by John Winthrop, James Kendall Hosmer (1908)
"... and, being convented, he was charged with many particulars; in some, for taking
above six-pence in the shilling profit; in some above eight-pence; and, ..."
2. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1837)
"... for whieh he is convented before the Council. AD 1630. Dr. John Davenant,
bishop of Salisbury, preached his course on a Sunday in Lent at Whitehall ..."
3. The Life and Acts of John Whitgift, D.D., the Third and Last Lord Archbishop by John Strype (1822)
"The Dean of Lincoln convented before t/te Archbishop, for words used in his sermon.
The Archbishop's letter thereupon to the ..."
4. The History of the Life and Acts of the Most Reverend Father in God, Edmund by John Strype (1821)
"The Bishop's concern with some separatists; convented before him. Beza disliked
them. The Bishop's advice about a Bishop of Armagh. ..."
5. Diary of the Corporation by Reading (England). City Council, J. M. Guilding (1896)
"... the said Hooper was convented before the Company and warned to departe the
Towne by ... convented ..."
6. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop (1825)
"ton, was notoriously above others observed anu complained of; and, being convented,
he was charged with many particulars; in 1694, preserved by Gov. ..."
7. The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire: Being Lives of the Most by Hartley Coleridge (1836)
"... and device, that ever was heard or read in any history or chronicle in any
region, that a King and Queen should be convented and constrained by process ..."
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